Antonov An-12
E324310
The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antonov An-12 canonical | 4 |
| An-12 | 1 |
| Antonov An-12A | 1 |
| Antonov An-12B | 1 |
| Antonov An-12BK | 1 |
| Antonov An-12BK-IS | 1 |
| Antonov An-12BK-PPS | 1 |
| Antonov An-12BP | 1 |
| Antonov An-12LL | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonov An-12 Context triple: [Military Transport Aviation, aircraftOperated, Antonov An-12]
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner known for its long-range capability, durability, and extensive use by Eastern Bloc airlines and military operators during the Cold War.
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C.
Tupolev Tu-123
The Tupolev Tu-123 was a Soviet-era supersonic reconnaissance drone designed for high-altitude strategic surveillance missions during the Cold War.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-119
The Tupolev Tu-119 was a Soviet experimental variant of the Tu-95 bomber designed to test nuclear-powered aircraft propulsion during the Cold War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-126
The Tupolev Tu-126 is a Soviet-era airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed from the Tu-114 airliner and used primarily by the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonov An-12 Target entity description: The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner known for its long-range capability, durability, and extensive use by Eastern Bloc airlines and military operators during the Cold War.
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C.
Tupolev Tu-123
The Tupolev Tu-123 was a Soviet-era supersonic reconnaissance drone designed for high-altitude strategic surveillance missions during the Cold War.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-119
The Tupolev Tu-119 was a Soviet experimental variant of the Tu-95 bomber designed to test nuclear-powered aircraft propulsion during the Cold War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-126
The Tupolev Tu-126 is a Soviet-era airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed from the Tu-114 airliner and used primarily by the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cargo aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | four-engine turboprop ⓘ |
| alliedDesignation | Cub ⓘ |
| cargoDoorLocation | rear fuselage ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew |
5
ⓘ
6 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 660 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
airdrop missions
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ paratroop operations ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivchenko AI-20
|
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1957-12-16 ⓘ |
| firstOperator | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| fuselageDiameter | 3.7 m ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Antonov An-12
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12A
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12B
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12BK
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12BK-IS
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12BK-PPS
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12BP
Antonov An-12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-12LL
Shaanxi Y-8 ⓘ
surface form:
Y-8
|
| height | 10.5 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1959 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 33.1 m ⓘ |
| loadingMethod | rear ramp ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Antonov Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 61000 kg ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Cub ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| payloadCapacity | 20000 kg ⓘ |
| powerplant | Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ |
| productionEnd | early 1970s ⓘ |
| productionStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
| propellerBladesPerEngine | 4 ⓘ |
| range | 3600 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 10000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalMedicalEvacuationCapacity | 24 stretchers ⓘ |
| typicalParatroopCapacity | 40 paratroopers ⓘ |
| typicalTroopCapacity | 60 troops ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bulgarian Air Force
ⓘ
Egyptian Air Force ⓘ Indian Air Force ⓘ Chinese Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Air Force
Russian Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ civilian cargo operators ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 38.0 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Antonov An-12 Description of subject: The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
An-12
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12A
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12B
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12BK
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12BP
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12BK-IS
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12BK-PPS
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-12LL